Orange City Tulip Festival (continued)

homecoming aspect of, 226, 231–232

noncommercial character of, 222–226

manifestations of religious factionalism in, 308–309, 312, 314–317

midway, 143, 146–147, 239–241

Mode Show, 145, 147, 193, 210

Monica tent, 146, 315

“Night Show,”, 141, 145–146, 335–336

parades, 142–144, 146–147, 192–193, 255, 257–260, 308

press coverage of, 220–222, 224–226, 231–233, 239–241, 243–245

promotional aims of, 147–149

Tulip Queen and Court, 143–144, 146–147, 190–193, 196, 216, 244, 264–265, 315–317, 319

Steering Committee, 314–316

StraatfestSee also Orange City Tulip Festival: Mode Show, 146–147, 193, 268

street scrubbing, 144, 147, 265–266, 268

town tours, 245, 309

as unifying force, 233, 268

Orlando, Tony, 123

Ostfrisians, 103–104

Ottawa County, Michigan, 28

Overijssel

immigration to United States from, 70

traditional costumes of, 195

traditional dances of, 264

Overisel, Michigan, 67, 82

Pageantry

Cold War. See “Cold War Pageantry”

historical. See historical pageantry

Paterson, New Jersey, 70, 73, 92, 99

Pella, Iowa

Asian-Americans in, 300–301

anniversary celebrations of, 109, 111–113, 115, 124

Central Park, 188, 251

Chamber of Commerce, 113, 125, 128, 135, 137, 224

as “city of refuge,”, 67–68, 139, 228–229, 242–243, 259, 273–276, 278, 281, 283, 300–301

demographics, 29, 204, 295, 300, 317

Dutch Fronts project, 51, 202–203, 253, 288–289, 319

as Dutch “theme town.” See Pella, Iowa: Dutch Fronts project

economy, 29, 139, 152, 160–162, 204, 326

founding of, 29–30, 67–68, 97, 135–136, 138–139, 228–231, 242–243, 250, 252–254, 258–259, 261–262, 267, 273–276, 278–281, 284, 322

historical pageantry in, 124–125, 273–276, 335

Historical Society, 134–137, 139, 144, 176, 185–187, 203, 244, 252, 328, 332

Historical Village, 21, 126, 132, 135, 137, 139, 186, 230–231, 252–253, 312

Jaarsma’s Bakery, 126

klokkenspel, 252